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US states by professional and business services payroll employment

California had the highest professional and business services payroll employment of 51 states in August 2026, at 2,740,800 jobs. Wyoming had the lowest, at 21,900 jobs. The median was 249,000 jobs and the figure for the United States was 22,491,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest2,740,800California
Lowest21,900Wyoming
Median249,00051 states
United States22,491,000History

Map of states, August 2026

Alabama: 269,700 jobsAlaska: 29,300 jobsArizona: 467,600 jobsArkansas: 166,100 jobsCalifornia: 2,740,800 jobsColorado: 490,100 jobsConnecticut: 221,400 jobsDelaware: 66,400 jobsDistrict of Columbia: 160,000 jobsFlorida: 1,634,100 jobsGeorgia: 740,400 jobsHawaii: 72,800 jobsIdaho: 110,700 jobsIllinois: 909,800 jobsIndiana: 358,800 jobsIowa: 140,000 jobsKansas: 175,100 jobsKentucky: 222,600 jobsLouisiana: 227,300 jobsMaine: 77,300 jobsMaryland: 469,300 jobsMassachusetts: 606,900 jobsMichigan: 616,500 jobsMinnesota: 375,700 jobsMississippi: 120,900 jobsMissouri: 369,100 jobsMontana: 53,600 jobsNebraska: 118,000 jobsNevada: 239,800 jobsNew Hampshire: 101,600 jobsNew Jersey: 700,900 jobsNew Mexico: 118,500 jobsNew York: 1,399,800 jobsNorth Carolina: 766,500 jobsNorth Dakota: 34,300 jobsOhio: 729,400 jobsOklahoma: 202,400 jobsOregon: 249,000 jobsPennsylvania: 835,100 jobsRhode Island: 69,100 jobsSouth Carolina: 319,000 jobsSouth Dakota: 36,100 jobsTennessee: 447,700 jobsTexas: 2,190,400 jobsUtah: 261,600 jobsVermont: 31,500 jobsVirginia: 789,100 jobsWashington: 547,900 jobsWest Virginia: 72,200 jobsWisconsin: 334,400 jobsWyoming: 21,900 jobs
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jobs, August 2026. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, professional and business services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006000000001). Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, August 2026

California: 2,740,800 jobsCalifornia2,740,800Texas: 2,190,400 jobsTexas2,190,400Florida: 1,634,100 jobsFlorida1,634,100New York: 1,399,800 jobsNew York1,399,800Illinois: 909,800 jobsIllinois909,800Pennsylvania: 835,100 jobsPennsylvania835,100Virginia: 789,100 jobsVirginia789,100North Carolina: 766,500 jobsNorth Carolina766,500Georgia: 740,400 jobsGeorgia740,400Ohio: 729,400 jobsOhio729,400New Jersey: 700,900 jobsNew Jersey700,900Michigan: 616,500 jobsMichigan616,500Massachusetts: 606,900 jobsMassachusetts606,900Washington: 547,900 jobsWashington547,900Colorado: 490,100 jobsColorado490,100Maryland: 469,300 jobsMaryland469,300Arizona: 467,600 jobsArizona467,600Tennessee: 447,700 jobsTennessee447,700Minnesota: 375,700 jobsMinnesota375,700Missouri: 369,100 jobsMissouri369,100Indiana: 358,800 jobsIndiana358,800Wisconsin: 334,400 jobsWisconsin334,400South Carolina: 319,000 jobsSouth Carolina319,000Alabama: 269,700 jobsAlabama269,700Utah: 261,600 jobsUtah261,600Oregon: 249,000 jobsOregon249,000Nevada: 239,800 jobsNevada239,800Louisiana: 227,300 jobsLouisiana227,300Kentucky: 222,600 jobsKentucky222,600Connecticut: 221,400 jobsConnecticut221,400Oklahoma: 202,400 jobsOklahoma202,400Kansas: 175,100 jobsKansas175,100Arkansas: 166,100 jobsArkansas166,100District of Columbia: 160,000 jobsDistrict of Columbia160,000Iowa: 140,000 jobsIowa140,000Mississippi: 120,900 jobsMississippi120,900New Mexico: 118,500 jobsNew Mexico118,500Nebraska: 118,000 jobsNebraska118,000Idaho: 110,700 jobsIdaho110,700New Hampshire: 101,600 jobsNew Hampshire101,600Maine: 77,300 jobsMaine77,300Hawaii: 72,800 jobsHawaii72,800West Virginia: 72,200 jobsWest Virginia72,200Rhode Island: 69,100 jobsRhode Island69,100Delaware: 66,400 jobsDelaware66,400Montana: 53,600 jobsMontana53,600South Dakota: 36,100 jobsSouth Dakota36,100North Dakota: 34,300 jobsNorth Dakota34,300Vermont: 31,500 jobsVermont31,500Alaska: 29,300 jobsAlaska29,300Wyoming: 21,900 jobsWyoming21,900California: 2,740,800 jobsCalifornia2,740,800Texas: 2,190,400 jobsTexas2,190,400Florida: 1,634,100 jobsFlorida1,634,100New York: 1,399,800 jobsNew York1,399,800Illinois: 909,800 jobsIllinois909,800Pennsylvania: 835,100 jobsPennsylvania835,100Virginia: 789,100 jobsVirginia789,100North Carolina: 766,500 jobsNorth Carolina766,500Georgia: 740,400 jobsGeorgia740,400Ohio: 729,400 jobsOhio729,400New Jersey: 700,900 jobsNew Jersey700,900Michigan: 616,500 jobsMichigan616,500Massachusetts: 606,900 jobsMassachusetts606,900Washington: 547,900 jobsWashington547,900Colorado: 490,100 jobsColorado490,100Maryland: 469,300 jobsMaryland469,300Arizona: 467,600 jobsArizona467,600Tennessee: 447,700 jobsTennessee447,700Minnesota: 375,700 jobsMinnesota375,700Missouri: 369,100 jobsMissouri369,100Indiana: 358,800 jobsIndiana358,800Wisconsin: 334,400 jobsWisconsin334,400South Carolina: 319,000 jobsSouth Carolina319,000Alabama: 269,700 jobsAlabama269,700Utah: 261,600 jobsUtah261,600Oregon: 249,000 jobsOregon249,000Nevada: 239,800 jobsNevada239,800Louisiana: 227,300 jobsLouisiana227,300Kentucky: 222,600 jobsKentucky222,600Connecticut: 221,400 jobsConnecticut221,400Oklahoma: 202,400 jobsOklahoma202,400Kansas: 175,100 jobsKansas175,100Arkansas: 166,100 jobsArkansas166,100District of Columbia: 160,000 jobsDistrict of Columbia160,000Iowa: 140,000 jobsIowa140,000Mississippi: 120,900 jobsMississippi120,900New Mexico: 118,500 jobsNew Mexico118,500Nebraska: 118,000 jobsNebraska118,000Idaho: 110,700 jobsIdaho110,700New Hampshire: 101,600 jobsNew Hampshire101,600Maine: 77,300 jobsMaine77,300Hawaii: 72,800 jobsHawaii72,800West Virginia: 72,200 jobsWest Virginia72,200Rhode Island: 69,100 jobsRhode Island69,100Delaware: 66,400 jobsDelaware66,400Montana: 53,600 jobsMontana53,600South Dakota: 36,100 jobsSouth Dakota36,100North Dakota: 34,300 jobsNorth Dakota34,300Vermont: 31,500 jobsVermont31,500Alaska: 29,300 jobsAlaska29,300Wyoming: 21,900 jobsWyoming21,900
jobs. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, professional and business services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006000000001). Retrieved 2026-10-20.

Full ranking

RankStatesAugust 2026
jobs		Change on August 2025
1California2,740,800-0.5%
2Texas2,190,400+3.1%
3Florida1,634,100+1.2%
4New York1,399,800+0.5%
5Illinois909,800+0.1%
6Pennsylvania835,100+0.6%
7Virginia789,100-1.9%
8North Carolina766,500+3.4%
9Georgia740,400-1.1%
10Ohio729,400-0.1%
11New Jersey700,900-0.9%
12Michigan616,500-1.2%
13Massachusetts606,900-0.2%
14Washington547,900+0.8%
15Colorado490,100+0.5%
16Maryland469,300+0.6%
17Arizona467,600+2%
18Tennessee447,700+0.9%
19Minnesota375,700+1.7%
20Missouri369,100+1.5%
21Indiana358,800+0.8%
22Wisconsin334,400+1.4%
23South Carolina319,000+1.2%
24Alabama269,700+2.2%
25Utah261,600+3.5%
26Oregon249,000-1.3%
27Nevada239,800+4.9%
28Louisiana227,300+3.2%
29Kentucky222,600-1.5%
30Connecticut221,400+0.6%
31Oklahoma202,400-0.8%
32Kansas175,100+0.7%
33Arkansas166,100+0.5%
34District of Columbia160,000-3%
35Iowa140,000-1.7%
36Mississippi120,900+1.4%
37New Mexico118,500-1.2%
38Nebraska118,000-0.3%
39Idaho110,700-1.6%
40New Hampshire101,600+2.5%
41Maine77,300-0.8%
42Hawaii72,800+0.4%
43West Virginia72,200-0.3%
44Rhode Island69,100+1.5%
45Delaware66,400+2.9%
46Montana53,600-2.4%
47South Dakota36,100-3.5%
48North Dakota34,3000%
49Vermont31,500-3.4%
50Alaska29,300+2.1%
51Wyoming21,900+0.5%

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About this ranking

Number of jobs on professional and business services payrolls in the month, seasonally adjusted, from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The supersector covers professional, scientific and technical services, management of companies, and administrative, support and waste management services.

One of the eleven CES supersectors that make up nonfarm_payroll_employment. Counts jobs on nonfarm payrolls, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. It covers full-time and part-time employees paid for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th of the month, and excludes the self-employed, farm workers, private household workers and unpaid family workers.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, professional and business services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006000000001). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.72.ProfBusSrvc.Current. Retrieved 2026-10-20.

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Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, professional and business services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006000000001), US states by professional and business services payroll employment, 2026-08. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 20 Oct. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.72.ProfBusSrvc.Current. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/professional-business-services-jobs/us-states?period=2026-08. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, professional and business services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006000000001), US states by professional and business services payroll employment, 2026-08 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.72.ProfBusSrvc.Current, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/professional-business-services-jobs/us-states?period=2026-08 (Accessed: 20 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest professional and business services payroll employment?

California, with 2,740,800 jobs in August 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest professional and business services payroll employment?

Wyoming, with 21,900 jobs in August 2026.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, professional and business services, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000006000000001). Retrieved 2026-10-20.

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